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Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection

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Geoff Parker defines sperm competition as “competition between the sperm from two or more males for the fertilization of a given set of ova”. He practically invented the subject in 1970, and research has grown explosively since then. This book describes the state of the art, succeeding the multiauthor review edited by R. L. Smith in 1984.

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